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The B.C. government will outline its spending plans for the new fiscal year starting April 1 with a new budget that is to be unveiled by Finance Minister Mike de Jong at the legislature today around 2 p.m.

MONTREAL - Civil rights icon Angela Davis says Canadians could set an example for Americans in the way they run their country if they show progressive leadership.

MONTREAL - Civil rights icon Angela Davis says Canadians could set an example for Americans in the way they run their country if they show progressive leadership.

Georgia Paige Klap was a musician, dancer and idealistic young woman who wanted to make the world a better place. On Monday, Klap was identified by the B.C.

Madrona Fuentes turned two on Monday — too young, mercifully, to understand the doctors’ prognosis. “They say she’s not curable,” says her mother, Michelle Purvis-Fuentes.

A departing B.C. Ferries vessel had to be turned around Sunday morning, after a woman left her five-month-old infant with a stranger on board so she could retrieve something onshore, and the ship sailed without her.

They arrive in the summer. They will be in Victoria on holiday and they stop by the school to visit their past. Vic High hasn’t changed much over the past 99 years, so it’s easy for people to step back in time when they enter its halls.

Seniors who enjoy free walk-on rides on B.C. Ferries will need to make minor adjustments to their routines when boarding with the new B.C. Services Card. Unlike B.C.’s Gold CareCard, the new cards have no distinguishing colour for B.C.

It’s a model that’s been called the “YouTube of philanthropy.

Emily Morin’s lifelong friend Jennifer Davies has set up a Pay Pal account to help her family pay for funeral expenses and to buy a tree. “Her mother, Heather, really wants a tree to be planted in her memory,” said Davies.